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| Issuer | Stadtmagistrat der Kreishauptstadt Ansbach |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated by a large central guilloche-patterned green rectangle bearing the bold numeral '25' above the denomination lettering 'PFENNIG'. A red handstamped serial number appears vertically along the left margin, with vertical text panels on both sides carrying validity and issuance notices. The lower panel carries the issuer inscription in two lines, the date '1. NOVEMBER 1918', and a facsimile signature above the title 'OBERBERGERMEISTER', all within a decorative brown border with an ornamental frieze of stylised fish motifs across the top. |
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| Obverse lettering | 25 PFENNIG STADTMAGISTRAT DER KREISHAUPTSTADT ANSBACH 1. NOVEMBER 1918 OBERBERGERMEISTER NUR GÜLTIG MIT DER NUMMER DER GUTSCHEIN VERLIERT DIE GELTUNG AM 31. DEZEMBER 1919 |
| Reverse description | The reverse carries a central vignette rendered in warm earth tones and muted greens, showing a mounted soldier on a rearing white horse, executed in a medieval manuscript or woodcut-inspired style. Flanking the vignette on left and right are vertical sword motifs within narrow ornamental panels. A question inscription runs along the top border, with a two-line verse answer printed across the lower panel, and a small attribution line below in smaller type. |
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